Taurus Moon Whiskey Sour
Energetic Alignment: Healing/Longevity, Love, Protection, Wisdom
For a hot tea version of these recipes, check out the Taurus Tea Time blog.
Indulge your tantalizing Taurus spirit with this apple, rose, rosemary, and elder whiskey sour this Taurus Full Moon. With elder for healing and wisdom, rose for Venusian loving energies, and luxurious vanilla, this cocktail is sure to enchant your Taurus moon whims. With the magic and longevity of apple, and whiskey to ground, this concoction has all you need to ride the wave of these lunar energies on this powerful night. This bright, seasonal, concoction is sure to have you enchanted this full moon.
Additionally, you can try out some halloween & Samhain concoctions from my blog post Hallow’s Eve Happy Hour.
For Simple Sipping: Cocktail making can be easy! Just swap ingredients or remove as you see fit. Use the material here & the ingredient reference list towards the bottom to help guide you in your own unique concoction, and get creative in swapping ingredients you may not have.
Vanilla Simple Syrup: Vanilla simple syrup, is simply simple syrup (1:1 water to sugar) infused with vanilla bean or extract. I have the recipe I use in my book, but you can find others online. Don’t let the word syrup daunt you! It is relatively quick and easy to make, just warm the water, pour it over a small amount of vanilla bean and let it steep like a tea, then add an equal amount of sugar. Additionally, you can use or reference the syrup I use in the libra new moon cocktail and mocktail.
The Cocktail
Taurus Moon Whiskey Sour
An apple, rose, and rosemary whiskey sour for grounding, Longevity, and love this Taurus Full Moon.
Ingredients1 tablespoon small fresh apple cubes1/2 ounce vanilla simple1 sprig rosemary4 dashes rosewater3/4 ounces fresh lemon juice1/4 ounce elderflower liqueur1-1.25 ounce bourbon/whiskey
InstructionsIn a cocktail shaker, add slices, vanilla syrup, and rosemary. Muddle these powerful healing & peace-including ingredients together. Add in rosewater, lemon, elderflower liqueur, and bourbon. Add ice, and shake. Strain into a coup glass and garnish with a rosemary sprig.
The Mocktail
Taurus Moon Mocktail
An rose, rosemary, and apple Mocktail to help inspire the Taurus Full Moon energies of abundance and sensuality, with a tad of wisdom and grounding.
Ingredients1 tbspn cubed, small apple slice1/2 ounce vanilla simple1 sprig rosemary4 dashes/drops rosewater3/4 ounces fresh lemon juice1-1.5 ounces apple juice1 ounce soda water or ginger beer
InstructionsIn a cocktail shaker, add slices, vanilla syrup, and rosemary. Muddle these powerful healing & peace-including ingredients together. Add in rosewater, lemon, and apple juice. Add ice, shake, and strain into a glass. Top with soda water of ginger beer.
For a hot tea version of these recipes, check out the Taurus Tea Time blog.
Ingredient Alignment
Magical correspondences of ingredients, as they align to this lunar occasion!
Apple (Venus, Water) – Love, Healing, Longevity, Fertility, Wisdom, Magic
Bourbon – Grounding/Centering, Karmic Patterns, Ancestry, Harvest, Protection, Abundance, Life/Rebirth Cycles
Brandy (Distilled from Grapes): Grape (Moon, Water) – Fertility, Garden Magic, Mental Powers, Money
Elder (Venus, Mercury) – Purification, Protection, Healing, Prosperity, Sleep
Ginger (Mars, Fire) – Love, Money, Success, Power
Rosemary (Sun, Fire, Mercury, Moon) – Protection, Love/Lust, Mental Powers, Purification, Healing, Sleep/Peace
Rose (Venus, Water) – Love, Psychic Powers, Healing, Love, Divination, Luck, Protection
Vanilla (Venus, Water) – Love, Sexuality, Energy, Mind, Peace, Money
Works Cited
Here are the resources I used to help guide my work beyond what I already know! I highly recommend these reference tests 
